Thread by @ShirtlockH, - THREAD -How does the largest international football shirt #fake ring operate?_________________

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How does the largest international football shirt #fake ring operate?
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It all starts with the Australian owner (Luke) of @amsclothing1 and a second company called "Palm Tree". Probably for his company he needed a supplier in mainland China...

So he does what everyone would do these days to find counterfeit products: Looking on @AlibabaGroup!
He quickly finds the company #YMSports from Guangzhou!

Source:
https://ymsportswear.m.en.alibaba.com/productgrouplist-816127555/Jersey.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.88.44.3d645ef8B0KmhS

On their homepage, #YMSports is happy to publicly brag how well they are faking products of @Diadoraofficial or ONU:
https://www.ymsportswear.com/category/soccer-uniforms/

The price of one shirt, at this point, is 6-12$ for Luke, who gets them shipped to Australia.

This is not an assumption, by the way. Luke admitted to me in 2015 already, that @amsclothing1 isn't very profitable and be thus had to find "other revenues to supplement this" by selling fakes in large numbers.

Now, every product piracy ring needs a market, of course! So Luke puts them on @eBayAU, who happily ignore that the globally largest football shirt fake distributor is using them.
He first his first roughly 2000 shirts as "football_shirt_village"
https://www.ebay.de/usr/football_shirt_village

He then closed that account for unknown reasons (it wasn't @eBayAU, they preferred ignoring the illegal activities). So he is now trading as "claudioitaliano", selling still exclusively fakes of all brands ( @adidassoccer even).
https://www.ebay.com/usr/claudioitaliano

Just in case that @ebayAU suddenly decides to do something against illegal activities on their platforms, he also prepared a flashy homepage called "Global Jerseys", registered on a friend's name 12 minutes drive from his own address.
https://global-jerseys.com/

What's bad for him is that collectors around the world by now connect Australia with fakes and would never buy from @ebayAU.
So he engages resellers around the world! There's "Owen" in Japan, who sold another 4000 shirts:
https://www.ebay.com/str/owen102011

Then there's #retrosportief aka Jesse Linden clothing from the Eindhoven area in the Netherlands, who's serving the European market mostly.

Then there's Fuad Hasanov from Baku, Azerbaijan, who is using several channels to sell his fakes, namely Facebook and the eBay accounts of land_of_jerseys and...

top.r-86 and whose shirts (such as the Hearts of Oak shirt) often look suspiciously "similar" to Luke's shop:

And then there's MarkusMur from Murcia, Spain, who first sold 11,000 shirts via @eBayESP, before moving his fake shop to Todo colleccion to reach the Spanish market better.

Finally, there is "Emma" from the UK, who is selling his counterfeit products via @eBay UK: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/emma9486
(Currently no listings, but check the rated products sold!)

Attempts to recruit befriended collectors of mine in Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico failed, but I'm sure he will find someone to spread his fakes further soon enough!
@ebay, @ebayAU aren't the only ones who could stop this, though!

There are the Australian authorities:
@MelbournePolice could crack down the fake shop registered in their city. @VictoriaPolice might support. The Australian Police even has a counterfeit special unit, which never replied to me and doesn't seem to care...

Then, of course, the FAs and teams might sue him:
@AffaAzerbaijan: Someone in Baku is collaborating with someone stealing your IP (logo)!
Please, whoever has a list of FA Twitter handles, link them in! Let them know!

And finally, @adidassoccer, @umbro, @nikefootball, @admiral1914, @lottosport, @pumafootball, @JomaSport, @uhlsportDE, @LEGEA_official, @jakosport, @peaksportsUSA, @KappaFrance: This man is faking your products every single day - finally act!

If you made it so far - PLEASE share this and let the world know about Luke, @amsclothing1 and how @eBayAU is turning a blind eye on the biggest global international football shirt piracy ring these days. Thanks!

"Claudioitaliano" (=Luke) is also on Facebook - he's just doing national teams there, but has the full catalogue of all national team shirts Luke ever faked and sold to compare with when you shop!

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